{"id":107149,"date":"2026-02-06T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-classic-defines-matchday-5-of-the-ldf-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:27:00","slug":"cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-classic-defines-matchday-5-of-the-ldf-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-classic-defines-matchday-5-of-the-ldf-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cibao FC vs. Pantoja: Classic defines matchday 5 of the LDF Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cl\u00e1sico Cibae\u00f1o-Pantoja Closes the LDF League Day<\/h2>\n\n\nThe expected &#8220;Cl\u00e1sico de Cl\u00e1sicos&#8221; of the Dominican Republic Football League (LDF) starring Cibao FC and Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja, will mark the closing of matchday 5 of the Liguilla.\n\nThe meeting will take place on Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon at the Panamericano stadium, and will be dedicated to Doctor Jos\u00e9 Rafael Abinader.\n\n<h2>Current Situation of the Teams<\/h2>\n\nCibao FC arrives at this matchday sharing the lead with Delfines del Este and Moca FC, all with 7 accumulated points.\n\nFor his part, Pantoja is in fourth position, tied with Salcedo FC. The top four teams advance to the semifinals.\n\nThe orange team has achieved two victories, one draw and one defeat, with 7 goals for and 5 against.\n\nPantoja, for his part, has one win, two draws and one defeat, with 5 goals for and 3 against.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History and Championships<\/h2>\n\n\nCibao FC and Pantoja are the only clubs with multiple titles in the LDF since its creation in 2015.\n\nThe orange eleven has been champion on five occasions and is currently the defending champion. Pantoja has lifted the trophy twice.\n\nIn the regular season, Pantoja led the table with 43 points, followed by Cibao FC with 41.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Results and Featured Players<\/h2>\n\n\nIn matchday 4, Cibao FC, led by Junior Scheldeur, defeated Universidad O&amp;M with a score of 4-2, highlighting the goals of Rivaldo Correa (double), Omar De la Cruz and Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo.\n\nThe three Cibao FC goalscorers, along with Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Trinidad, were included in the Team of the Week.\n\n\u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez leads Cibao FC&#8217;s goalscoring chart with 8 goals, followed by Edwarlyn Reyes with 6 and Rivaldo Correa with 5.\n\nCarlos Sarante is Pantoja&#8217;s top scorer with 6 goals, followed by Luis Espinal with 5.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Matches<\/h2>\n\n\nThe 5th matchday of the Liguilla begins on Saturday with two matches:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moca FC vs. Universidad O&amp;M at the Panamericano stadium at 3:30 in the afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Salcedo FC vs. Delfines del Este at the Domingo Polonia stadium, also at 3:30 in the afternoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cl\u00e1sico Cibae\u00f1o-Pantoja Closes the LDF League Day The expected &#8220;Cl\u00e1sico de Cl\u00e1sicos&#8221; of the Dominican Republic Football League (LDF) starring Cibao FC and Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja, will mark the closing of matchday 5 of the Liguilla. The meeting will take place on Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon at the Panamericano stadium, and will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1548,2123,1549,4745],"class_list":{"0":"post-107149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-cibao-fc","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ldf","11":"tag-pantoja"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}